Anticipation is nearly always more thrilling than the act or event.

The tycoon was pretty good but not much more than that. I would call it a severe tropical storm.

It started off quiet but Okinawa took it seriously. Schools, public transport supermarkets were all closed.

As the afternoon wore on things got worse.

Old age anxiety sets in as I realise that I had forgotten an important line that stretches the cover and keeps the leading edge flat on the cockpit roof. However, the wind has got up and I am too scared to drive to the marina to attach it, My Tanto is very light and easily blown around by serious wind.

The most awful thing is that my dearly beloved barograph appears to have died. There is no comforting tic, tic, tic from the archaic clockwork system. This makes me sad.

Anyway, it was fun but not the real thing; 40 – 50 knot winds at best.

What delight to find that the barograph works! The absence of tic, tic, tic can be attributed to my much diminished hearing.